M. Osborn

we need to abolish this shit

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Jesus.

20th time I’ve posted this Doonesbury since 2105.

I’m supposed to get a free set of (Trump) steak knives now.

I've been to Israel and Palestine as part of my humanitarian work.

So yes, Hamas, Houthis, and Hezbollah are a greater threat to the Palestinians. They literally exterminated multigenerational families who were loyal to Arafat and his Fatah party.

Like, how many times do I have to post this?

It happened in WWI, too, but the percentage of Black population was too small to effect change and instead lynching (see Tulsa) increased dramatically. Also the WWII Germans provided an *external*example that white people could be morally bankrupt.

Amen!!!

I read that as “Steve.” 😞

Family of 3 in Oakland County, MI

A quick reminder of what the whole #ACA tax credit fuss looks like visually.

This example is for my own family here in Oakland County, Michigan (middle-aged couple w/1 college-age son). 1/

Family of 3 in Oakland County, MI

Anyway, see that sharp vertical orange "fin" shooting straight up just >400% FPL?

That's ALL tax credits cutting off instantly.

This is why you keep seeing examples of an older couple earning $85K seeing their premiums triple or quadruple...because 400% FPL for 2 people will be $84,600 next year.

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

I’m old enough to remember the $21M Trump Seven Springs Estates conservation easement tax crime.

The hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels cost more than house Leticia James bought for her grand niece.

I'm sure Hegseth will be sending the troops in any moment now.

guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

This dude is creepily obsessed w/ harassing Black women on here. Obsessed. I've reported him. This guy is getting frightening & if he'sdoing it to one Black woman, you know he's doing it to others...😡

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Virginia...

Please do not fuck this up, like 165M mofos did in 2024.

Pleaseeeeeeee.

And evidently (I’m not on TikTok) if you post this video there, you get a takedown notice 🤷

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

There seems to be a lot of banking consolidation: FNB Omaha is trying to acquire a regional bank based in KC. I’m thinking without the CFPB suddenly it’s the Wild West.

THOUGHT CRIMINAL

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White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

OMG, yes. I had a high-deductible plan before I retired, and retired early/took a buyout—and my monthly insurance premiums tripled. I was SO GLAD to hit Medicare eligibility.

The almost forgotten Black abolitionist activist and reformed minister 1827: James W. C. Pennington escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad, quickly receiving an education to become a teacher, journalist, activist, writer and evangelical Reformed Christian mi…

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Vance is back in Indiana today, personally pressuring GOP lawmakers to ignore their conscience and enact an extreme gerrymandering plan. The fact that they have to send in the VP tells us something important and encouraging: political pressure against this plan is working, even in deep red places.